Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:11 pm
We have very erratic power in some of our areas - so we have made up the following as backup power:-
Industrial Battery Charger - 10 Amp
109A/H Deep Cycle Battery (Maintenance Free - aka Solar Battery)
Weather-Proof Box
We run 12V DC (which is very clean power) up to the units and some of the BSS have up to 4 RB532's attached.
ROM - we get about 27 hours autonomy out of a system like this... trick is NOT to let the Solar Battery run FLAT - because they take forever to take a charge again. Using normal vehicle batteries is also OK but requires more Maintenance Visits to the sites to check on the battery where the Solar Battery doesn't need this..... Some of our systems have operated for more than 2 years like this without a hassle.
Hope this helps.
T